Laracuente to take on the "Island Girl"!! December 20, 2004

(DEC 20) On January 22, 2005, that will feature men's and women's boxing, at the Coushatta Casino Resort Pavilion, in Kinder, Louisiana, Belinda Laracuente  will face Sumya "The Island Girl"  Anani in a 10-round IBA World Welterweight Championship. Main Events features Russian Heavyweight Oleg Maskaev  vs. Quinn Navarre.  Undercard includes NBA Lt Heavyweight Title holder John Vargas. Undefeated Bobby Aucoin, Chad Broussard and Moises Martinez plus more.

You Can't Always Get What You Want By Bernie McCoy December 14, 2004

(DEC 14) Fans of the sport of Women's boxing wanted a carbon copy of the first Jane Couch/Jaime Clampitt bout to cap off what had been a rather desultory year for the sport. CES Boxing and the IWBF wanted a return bout of the best fight each organization had staged this year, when Couch narrowly outpointed Clampitt over ten action packed rounds in June. Englishwoman Jane Couch ..[Archived]

(DEC 11) Topping the bill in front of a packed house in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl (Mexico), Ana María Torres moved a step closer to the world bantamweight title last night when Golden Gloves champion Yadira Rosales of Mexico City failed to answer the bell for the sixth round. With an animated crowd in the Salón Marbet Plus in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl (Méjico) urging her on, local girl Torres got on top of Rosales at the start and never let up, using her skill and greater experience to wicked effect. Torres has excellent technique and hits hard. As was the case last March when she stopped Lakeysha Williams in the fourth, it was her opponent’s face that got the worst of it. By the time she retired between the fifth and six rounds, Rosales’s mouth was a mess and had begun to hemorrhage.

'La Puma' pummelled... by Ewan Whyte December 11, 2004

(DEC 11) In front of a crowd of 2,500 in her home town of Córdoba (Argentina), Carolina "Chapita" Gutiérrez (54,6 kg) maintained her unbeaten record with a unanimous points win over María "la Puma" Sánchez (55,9kg) of Tucumán. The fight, which opened a marathon bill last night in the club General Paz Juniors, was scored 40-37.5 twice and 40-37 by the third judge.   Gutiérrez moves to 3-0 (1 KO). Sánchez falls to 0-2.

Clampitt and Olson Fight to a draw By KEN CASTRO December 11, 2004

(DEC 11) MASANTUCKET, CT--For nearly a year, four-time junior welterweight world title challenger Eliza Olson lobbied for a rematch with former belt holder Jamie Clampitt. Rough edges remained from their last matchup, a Clampitt razor-thin victory back in October of 2003. It came as no surprise then that Olson (San Francisco, CA) jumped at the chance to return east, to Foxwoods Casino and take another shot at Clampitt, this time for the vacant IWBF ...[archived]

Ward Stops Valley! December 11, 2004

(DEC 11) Last night at the Gund Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio, Vonda Ward, 185,  of Ohio, stopped Marsha Valley of Los Angeles, CA,  with knocking Valley down twice on to the canvas, and stopping her 1:47 seconds in the fourth round by TKO.  Ward and Valley were fighting a scheduled 10-round non-title fight in the cruiserweight division.  According to news sources, Ward effectively used her jab, and dominated Valley from the opening belt.  In the fourth round, Ward landed a lead left-overhand right combination to drop Valley for the first time. Valley beat the count and continued to fight, but Ward quickly got her back on the ropes with a barrage of combinations.  When Valley dropped down to her knee, the referee saw fit to stop the match. 

Couch is out....Eliza Olson is in to fight Clampitt! Source: Team Couch December 7, 2004

(DEC 7) Earlier today WBAN received a press release from Team Couch, and they stated the following about her upcoming "canceled" fight that was to be against Jaime Clampitt on December 10th: "Jane Couch has been ruled out of her return title fight with Jaime Clampitt by a British Boxing Board of Control doctor.  Full Story